Marie Lu’s second book, Prodigy, the sequel to Legend officially hit bookstores yesterday on Jan 29th, 2013. Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore in Redondo Beach hosted a book launch party with a Q&A and a book signing session. The author was surrounded by family, friends and tons of her fans — especially young girls who are young adult readers. It was fun to see them have the opportunity to ask very intelligent questions about Marie’s story, characters and her writing methods.

During the Iron Fist SANTA BITES! party, the Sideshow Sirens did two fun performances — from walking on broken glasses, eating bugs to breaking out of chains and a straight jacket! It was a neat show to watch. I was particularly taken by the straight jacket/chain trick. There is an art to it and I wished I could learn how to do it too. If you ever have the chance to check out these ladies, do it. I love the feeling of “old school” sideshow feel mixed with a more modern and fashionable look.

Our friend, Regina, returns to the podcast to make more awesome Comikaze Expo 2012 announcements! Listen to the show for exclusive news, gushing over how great Stan Lee is and hear us rave about Jolibee all over again. www.comikazeexpo.com

On June 23, 2012 on 7pm, please join us at the Comic Bug in Manhattan Beach for another party and live podcast recording! Buy comics, laugh with us, have a beer or a glass of wine and perhaps participate in a little Fanfic Theater action. (Yes, you heard that right, free booze).

For anyone who are in Los Angeles and follow comic convention news, you all know that Comikaze Expo is now known as Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo, presented by Stan Lee’s Pow Entertainment and Elvira, Mistress of the Dark! Last year’s success didn’t hurt the new developments for this convention and Comikaze’s fearless leader, Regina Carpinelli has been hard at work.

Frank and Son’s Collectible show hosted the first Jurassic Con this past weekend at Rowland Heights, California. Frank and Son’s is a biweekly “convention” that is opened twice a week. Think, Kowloon City for nerds or as I liked to compare it, a Farmer’s Market for nerd collectors! Jurassic Con consisted of props from the actual Jurassic Park movies, plus other dinosaur related movies, television shows, artwork and actual archaeology finds.

Pictures and a write up not good enough for you to absorb all the awesomeness of our time at Free Comic Book Day at The Comic Bug?

Have no fear! I’ve whipped up a video for you! Inside are interviews with geeks young and young at heart, brief looks around the event, and a special interview with Ryan with The Hero Initiative: a not-for-profit organization to help give comic book creators the financial support they need!